Principles Of Heliophysics: a textbook on the universal processes behind planetary habitability
Abstract
Heliophysics is the system science of the physical connections between the Sun and the solar system. As the physics of the local cosmos, it embraces space weather and planetary habitability. The wider view of comparative heliophysics forms a template for conditions in exoplanetary systems and provides a view over time of the aging Sun and its magnetic activity, of the heliosphere in different settings of the interstellar medium and subject to stellar impacts, of the space physics over evolving planetary dynamos, and of the long-term influence on planetary atmospheres by stellar radiation and wind. Based on a series of NASA-funded summer schools for early-career researchers, this textbook is intended for students in physical sciences in later years of their university training and for beginning graduate students in fields of solar, stellar, (exo-)planetary, and planetary-system sciences. The book emphasizes universal processes from a perspective that draws attention to what provides Earth (and similar (exo-)planets) with a relatively stable setting in which life as we know it could thrive. The text includes 200 "Activities" in the form of exercises, explorations, literature readings, "what if" challenges, and group discussion topics; many of the Activities provide additional information complementing the main text. Solutions and discussions are included in an Appendix for a selection of the exercises.
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@article{arxiv.1910.14022,
title = {Principles Of Heliophysics: a textbook on the universal processes behind planetary habitability},
author = {Karel Schrijver and Fran Bagenal and Tim Bastian and Juerg Beer and Mario Bisi and Tom Bogdan and Steve Bougher and David Boteler and Dave Brain and Guy Brasseur and Don Brownlee and Paul Charbonneau and Ofer Cohen and Uli Christensen and Tom Crowley and Debrah Fischer and Terry Forbes and Tim Fuller-Rowell and Marina Galand and Joe Giacalone and George Gloeckler and Jack Gosling and Janet Green and Nick Gross and Steve Guetersloh and Viggo Hansteen and Lee Hartmann and Mihaly Horanyi and Hugh Hudson and Norbert Jakowski and Randy Jokipii and Margaret Kivelson and Dietmar Krauss-Varban and Norbert Krupp and Judith Lean and Jeff Linsky and Dana Longcope and Daniel Marsh and Mark Miesch and Mark Moldwin and Luke Moore and Sten Odenwald and Merav Opher and Rachel Osten and Matthias Rempel and Hauke Schmidt and George Siscoe and Dave Siskind and Chuck Smith and Stan Solomon and Tom Stallard and Sabine Stanley and Jan Sojka and Kent Tobiska and Frank Toffoletto and Alan Tribble and Vytenis Vasyliunas and Richard Walterscheid and Ji Wang and Brian Wood and Tom Woods and Neal Zapp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.14022},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
429 pages, 121 figures, and 200 "activities" in the form of problems, exercises, literature readings, and "what if" challenges; V2.0: activities modified; added 'solutions' to selected activities; clarified text and corrected typos; added subject index; V2.1 added Activity hyperlinks and corrected typos (see 'Version history' in the manuscript)